Fanagalo is a pidgin (simplified language) based primarily on Zulu, with English

and a small Afrikaans input. It is used as a lingua franca, mainly in the gold,
diamond, coal and copper mining industries in South Africa and to a lesser exte
nt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Altho
ugh it is used as a second language only, the number of speakers was estimated a
s "several hundred thousand" in 1975. As with India, once the British went, Engl
ish became the lingua franca enabling different tribes in the same country to co
mmunicate with each other, and Fanagalo use declined.
Fanagalo is the only Zulu-based pidgin language, and is a rare example of a pidg
in based on an indigenous language rather than on the language of a colonising o
r trading power.
The variety in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) is known as Chilapalapa and is influenced by
Shona, while the variety in Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), called Cikabanga[4] (pro
nounced, and sometimes spelt, Chikabanga), is influenced by Bemba.

yes - ehe
no - cha
please - yabolisa / golisa
thank you - inkomu/ndza khensa
excuse me - sori
How are you ? - kanjani?
Fine. - kulungile.
I want ... - Mina funa...
good morning - sawubona / sakubona
goodbye - hamba gahle

Zonke nyoni pezulu yena khala kakhulu

Skat izwile yen' ifile inyoni Cocky Lobin
Skat izwile yen' ifile, skat izwile yen' ifile Cocky Lobin
Ubani bulalile Cocky Lobin? Mina kuluma lo sparrow
Indaba ka lo bow and arrow ka mina, mina bulalile Cocky Lobin.
Translation
All the birds above, they cry loudly/a lot
When they heard he was dead, the bird Cocky Lobin
When they heard he was dead, when they heard he was dead Cocky Lobin
Who killed Cocky Lobin? I said the sparrow
Because of the bow and arrow of mine, I killed Cocky Lobin